Riot control vehicle for sale on Ebay: Put your neighbours' noses out of joint

The Inquirer (UK) ^ | 6.4.03

[mhking]

Riot control vehicle for sale on Ebay

Put your neighbours' noses out of joint

By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 04 June 2003, 14:07

ARE THE NATIVES REVOLTING round your yard? Fear not, equipped with the Talon Riot Control vehicle, up for sale on Ebay, you can give the local trots a taste of their own medicine.

And if your revolting neighbours have Kalashnikov AK47s, the 14-passenger vehicle will resist sustained fire from their weapons.

After you've watched their bullets bounce harmlessly off your Talon, you can then give them a dose of skin irritant from the 180 degree water cannon fitted on board, which holds 600 gallons.

You can fend off the neighbours at night too, because it's got infrared spotlights. And if the neighbours aren't deterred by the water cannon, you can lob some smoke or gas grenades at them too.

At the same time, you can blast their eardrums by playing your least favourite music using the external PA system, simultaneously sounding the high decibel sirens.

Don't worry about Molotov cocktails or barricades. Your Talon can cope with these minor nuisances no problem.

With only 3,500 miles on the clock, but unfortunately no warranty, this is a snip at $85,000. here. µ

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[July 4th]

Sweet. It's got a cassette player.

[visualops]

I prefer this one, with the convenient plow.

[Humidston]

Oh man, what we couldn't do with that baby whenever we freep the leftists!!

[LibKill]

If I had the $$$$ I'd buy it and replace that wimpy water cannon with a combo .50cal/20mm.

[cavtrooper21]

Another fine addition to the WDF motor pool. What do you think??

[Phsstpok]

This will go fine for crowd control when we dock our surplus aircraft carrier (thread from about a week ago)

[supercat]

If I had the $$$$ I'd buy it and replace that wimpy water cannon with a combo .50cal/20mm.

NFA'34 doesn't like 'non-sporting' weapons over 0.5" bore; 20mm would be 0.508, would it not?

On the other hand, I wonder what sort of power you could get from a large-bore compressed-gas weapon?

[cavtrooper21]

20MM GE Vulcan in a power mount with a muti-spectrum sighting unit.
Hunt 'em down day OR night, rain or shine....

[VOA]

20MM GE Vulcan in a power mount with a muti-spectrum sighting unit.

I think something more like a 7.62mm Vulcan is available in a modified
GMC Suburban.
I saw a little test run with one on TV; very popular with Middle Eastern potentates.

[HighWheeler]

It's stolen and being fenced on eBay.

[LibKill]

NFA'34 doesn't like 'non-sporting' weapons over 0.5" bore; 20mm would be 0.508, would it not?

According to my humble metric/english conversion program a 20mm=.7874inches, or .79 caliber.

The combo I was thinking of was a 20mm Oerlikon flanked by an M2 .50 cal on each side, with remote control and FLIR for night work.

Call it a 'crowd pleaser'. :)

[Aarchaeus]

20mm = 0.79"

[supercat]

20mm = 0.79"

Duh... [bonk bonk bonk] You're right of course. My point stands that the NFA'34 doesn't like non-sporting weapons over 0.5", and 20mm is definitely above 0.5".

[Lokibob]

From the e-Bay auction:
Payment Instructions
The successful buyer will be positively security vetted by Mike India 5. A $2000 deposit is required by Paypal or wire transfer within 48 hours of auction close. Balance due

I hardly think MI-5 would security vett the buyer of a stolen vehicle.

[cavtrooper21]

That critter is big enough to absorb the recoil of the 20mm, so I'd opt for it. 20mm gives you the option of mixing your rounds, example: 1 HEDP,1 API,1 HEI and back to HEDP.
A little deversity is a good thing!!

[HighWheeler]

I shooda used the < /sarcasm> tag

[supercat]

According to my humble metric/english conversion program a 20mm=.7874inches, or .79 caliber.

Reminds me of the time I was confused at a London currency exchange office when the exchange rate was $1.73, I gave the clerk $300, and was momentarily confused to receive back £173.

[Frapster]

If only that guy in Florida had one of these he wouldn't be in jail right now facing murder or homicide charges. (he shot his neighbors part up for blasting music until 4AM).